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Poem by William Butler Yeats


He Hears the Cry of the Sedge


I WANDER by the edge
Of this desolate lake
Where wind cries in the sedge:

Until the axle break
That keeps the stars in their round,
And hands hurl in the deep
The banners of East and West,
And the girdle of light is unhound,
Your breast will not lie by the breast
Of your beloved in sleep. 



William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats's other poems:
  1. Me Peacock
  2. Dream of a Blessed Spirit
  3. Under the Round Tower
  4. Tom at Cruachan
  5. Under Saturn


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